The Arapaima population in the north Rupununi has dropped by 31%, according to preliminary results of a survey and there is concern that sport fishing has led to the decline of the endangered species.

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Everyone knows the tiger, the panda, the blue whale, but what about the other five to thirty million species estimated to inhabit our Earth? Many ...

A team earlier this month saved 25 Arapaima from a Rupununi pond in an area which has seen falling water levels from a punishing drought. A release yesterday from the North Rupununi District ...

The giant arapaima, the Amazon’s biggest fish, was under threat. Rolex Awards for Enterprise Laureate João Campos-Silva is engaging with local fishing communities to save it—and in doing so, setting ...

One of the world's largest, most endangered, and most mysterious freshwater fish has yielded a new surprise: a likely new species—and possibly several more—have been lurking in the backwaters of the ...

The Gateway Center event room was filled March 26 to hear Dr. Donald Stewart, a professor in the Department of Environmental and Forest Biology, speak about his discovery of a new species of Arapaima ...

Although she’s come across plenty of rare species in her career and even discovered two herself, conservation biologist Lesley de Souza still remembers her first encounter with an arapaima, one of the ...

The discovery of a "giant" Arapaima among the freshwater fish of the Essequibo River Basin could have implications for ongoing ecotourism efforts of local Guyanese communities. A new study published ...